Constitutional Democratic Party

The Constitutional Democratic Party, also known as the Cadets, was a liberal political party in the Russian Empire that existed from 12 October 1905 to 12 December 1917. The party urged Czar Nicholas II of Russia to pass more political reforms in the aftermath of the October Manifesto, specifically establishing a Britain-like constitutional monarchy - the prime minister and cabinet would answer to the State Duma, and not to the czar. The Cadets were committed to full citizenship for all of Russia's minorities, and they appealed to Volga Germans and Jews. In December 1917, the party was dissolved after the October Revolution.